Technology can sometimes be wasted on teaching English language
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/may/15/technology-fails-elt
-when technology is introduced, English language deteriorates
- 'It is almost impossible to start moving students around the class for more social interaction.'
Can I successfully learn a language online?
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/21/can-i-learn-a-language-online
- "There are more people actively learning a language through DuoLingo than in the entire US public school system"
- Technology has transformed the way in which we learn things
- English remains the resoundingly most-in-demand language – the British Council estimates that by 2020, 2 billion people will be learning English across the world
How can minority languages survive in the digital age?
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/17/languages
- high use of technology all over the world has enforced English language in the form of lingua franca
- 'But it might also be true that technology could help us bring minority languages to a wider audience'
- 'At the European level, around 55 million speak languages other than one of the EU's official languages'
- 'But it might also be true that technology could help us bring minority languages to a wider audience'
- 'At the European level, around 55 million speak languages other than one of the EU's official languages'
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